Electric motor and support therefor



Nov. 22, l93 8 F. D. MATTHEWS ELECTRIC MOTOR'AND SUPPORT THEREFOR Fild July 15, 193s INVENTOR ATTO RN EYS Patented Nov. 22, 1938 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE ELECTRIC MOTOR AND SUPPORT THEREFOR Fred D. Matthews, Albertville, Ala.

Application July 15, 1938, Serial No. 219,480

2 Claims. (Cl. 248-2) This invention relates to an electric motor and and extends from the housing an equal distance support therefor and has for an object to provide with the arcuate members, whereby, When the a motor provided with laterally extending memmotor is used in a horizontal position for various bers at one end of the housing and a handle at purposes the extending end of the handle at one 5 the other end of the housing so that the motor end thereof and the arcuate members at the 5 may be applied in vertical position to a container opposite ends thereof form legs, or a three point with the members supporting the motor on the support for the motor.

container or the motor may be used in horizontal The arcuate members I I and I2 and the handle position for many purposes in which position the l5 may all be formed Of ineXPeIlSVe Strap metal members form front legs and the handles form or other material. l0 the rear leg, that is, a three point support for the The shaft I6 of the motor is equipped with a motor. grooved pulley I'I which is secured to the shaft A further object is to provide a device of this through the medium of a set screw IB. The character which will be formed of a few strong pulley is provided with a counter-bore in which simple and durable parts, which will be inexthe stem I9 of an agitator 20 may be secured 15 pensive to manufacture, and which will not easily through the medium of a set screw 2 I. When the get out of order. device is used in horizontal position as shown in With the above and other objects in View the Figure 2, Various types 0f apparatus may be invention consists of certain novel details of driven from the pulley through the medium of construction and combinations of parts hereina belt drive, not shown. 20 after fully described and claimed, it being under- From the above description it is thought that stood that various modifications may be resorted the construction and operation of the invention to within the scope of the appended claims withwill be fully understood without further explanaout departing from the spirit or sacrificing any tion.

of the advantages of the invention. What is claimed is: 25

In the accompanying drawing forming part of 1. The combination with a motor having a this specification, housing, of arcuate divergent laterally extending Figure 1 is a front elevation, with portions members connected to and projecting beyond the broken away, showing the motor equipped with housing at one end thereof, said members being a handle and diverging laterally extending memadapted to support the motor upon a receptacle 30 bers according to the invention, supported upon in vertical position so that the motor may be a container. used as a mixing motor, and a handle member Figure 2 is a side elevation ofl the motor supmounted upon and extending from the other end ported in horizontal position, on a table or like of the housing and projecting from the housing support through the medium of the arcuate memto a point midway between the ends of one of J bers and the handle forming a three point supthe arcuate members so that when the motor is port. used in horizontal position the handle and said Figure 3 is a front elevation of the parts ends of the last named member form a three shown in Figure 2. point support for the motor. Referring now to the drawing in which like 2. The combination with an electric motor hav- 40 characters of reference designate similar parts ing a housing, of a pair of arcuate divergent latin the various views, I0 vdesignates a convenerally extending members fixed to one end of tional electric motor. In carrying out the inthe housing and extending beyond the housing vention a pair of arcuate divergent laterally exto form a support for mounting the motor in tending members II and I2, best shown in Figvertical position, and a handle fixed to the other 45 ure 3, are secured to the front of the motor hous'- end of the housing, said handle being formed of ing by screws I3 or other connectors. When the strap material bent to provide a grip and havmotor is used as a stirrer, in vertical position, ing a central portion projecting beyond the grip the members Il and I2 extend over the edges of to the plane of the ends of one of said arcuate the receptacle I4, as best shown in Figure 1, and members so that the handle and said ends of 50 support the motor. the last named arcuate member constitute a At the rear end of the housing, a handle memthree point support for mounting the motor in ber I5 is provided, the handle member extending horizontal position. from one side of the housing at a point between the arcuate members, as best shown in Figure 3, FRED D. MATTHEWS. 55 

